Will be on a cruise to Hawaii in August, spending 1 day in Hilo, 1 in Kona, 2 at Kahului and 2 at Nawiliwili.Would appreciate any information on excursions you have taken and whether they used large tour buses ar large vans.

We returned from our cruise on NCL's POA in May and did all of the excursions on the islands ourselves. A ton of money was saved from what we would have paid NCL. If you would like more info, feel free to email me directly either here or at kcbmarek@cox.net and I will be glad to share pricing, photos and info of what we did.

Hello. I am planning a trip with my mother and her sisters. We will be traveling on the Norwegian Wind in January for 11 day Hawaiian cruise. Could you please send me any helpful hints you can regarding planning our excursions. I am not sure we want to use the cruise line for the excursions and would love to be able to save money if possible.